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~~~ ~ TErt YEARS AGO , WINS FRONTIER 500 Don Vesco capped off a busy Bonneville weekend by setting a two-way average mark of 302.928 mph to claim the FIM wor ld motorcycle speed record. Vesco's streamliner was powered by two Yamaha T Z750 engines linked by drive belts; following the reco rd run , he plan ned to discon nect one of those engines for an attem p t at the 750cc recor d. A Iirst-moto win, fo llow ed by a secondmota th ird ena bled Jim Pomeroy to cla im th e 500cc Internati ona l class a t the Road Atlanta Trans-A MA series; a first-ever Trans-AMA victor y for Team Bu ltaco. Brad La ckey mounted a serio us , challenge ag ai nst Po meroy in th e first mot o , on ly to cras h wh ile tryi ng an ins ide line; however, th e pair was so far ahead tha t La ckev was a ble to rem ount and fin ish in se~ond pl ace. Thou gh Lackey holesh ot th e second moto, h is rear shoc ks fail ed , dropping him to sixth pl ace for fifth overall. Cla im ing second overall wi th a 4- 1 ta lly was Roger DeCoster. Kenn y Roberts took adva ntage o f damp trac k co nditio ns to win th e Nat ion al fi na l a t th e Ascot H alf Mil e - in th e process becom ing th e first man in Al\IA Grand Nati onal hi story to score the coveted "grand slam" (win n ing a n A1\'IA orr, half mi le, mil e, short track and road ra ce) in a single seaso n. Skip Aksland followed Roberts across the lin e for seco nd p lace, wit h H ank Scott and R ick H ocking claiming th ird and fo urth; a ll of th e top fOUT finish ers were a boa rd Ya mahas. las Veglls M-Star's sponsored riders Anthony Pasqualotto and Billy Hill took lin overall win against top factory pi lots in one of the longest and toughest, most grueling race in America. Desp ite tough obstacles and st iff competit ion , M -Star's new '8 6 Cross Country Machine carried our team riders to a f irst overall vi ct ory. ~ ~ Q') .... (1) ..0 o ..... u o Congratulations Mike Hughes. owner of Las Vegas MSta r/Suzuki and his sponsored r iders Anthony Pasqu alotto and Billy Hil l. "You And ~ " A Winning Team CslI torvour nesre st deeler M-Sfar Moforcycle Corp. 740 East Santa Maria si. Santa Paula, CA 93060 (805) 52 5- 3364 MOTORCYCLE WORLD is racing across California via satellite Th is S u nday n ight's sp ecial guests are: ** 2 Time Na tio nal Speed way Champion KELL Y MO RAN a n d Speedway Magazin e Publish er R OBERT FITZPATR ICK ** ** ** Topics range fro m street bikes to dirt bikes to s upercross, motocross a nd drag ra cin g. World·wide race resul ts with Warren Reid and Dr . Carver's Sports Med icine feature. CaU in and tal k wit h aU t he t op pers onalities , a nd be a pa rt of motor cycle world. 1-(800) 228-5249 or (71 4) 661-1962 Having recovered from injuries received while testin g a works Suzuki in J apan som e 15 months before, Gary Ni xo n returned to the track at a n AFM road race in Ontario, Ca lifo rnia. Nixon was the re to take adva ntage of a local club race to prep are for an u pcoming AMA Na tion al Ch am p ion sh ip. Nixon scored a second-p lace finish in the O pe n GP class beh ind Steve Baker, after Pat Hennen retired with an overhea ted engine and Warren Willing fell vict im to a broken ring. Steve McLau gh lin was a ble to keep hi s Kawasak i 900 ahead o f Cook Nielson 's Du ca ti 750 to win th e Open Production class. RIDE AWAREI Dave Aldana ca ugh t and passed, th en ba uled wi th Barry Sh eene at th e Race of the Year in Engla nd's Mallory Park - but in th e closi ng la ps, Shee ne was abl e to o pe n a lead a nd ta ke the victory , for th e seco nd year in a row. In th e course of th e race Aldana lapped th e Mall or y circu it faster than a ny Am erican rid er had done before. T he near ly un beata ble end urance team of Godier-Genoud won the 24-H our Bol 0 '0 1' a t Le Mans , France, finishing th e event at an average speed of 74.7 m ph. T he Butl er & Smi th BMW ridden by Gary Fishe r an d Reg Pridmore blew an o il line wh ile in eigh th p lace, a nd Yvon DuHamel team ed wi th Frenchman J ea n Franco is Balde to rid e a 1000cc Kawasa ki to third p lace. GENUINE YAMAHA 15,